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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (239002)	6/28/2005 2:27:39 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576360

Ted, that the BMI measurements for obesity are unreasonable seattlepi.nwsource.com The Seattle PI didn't mention it, but one of the reasons why the death rate from obesity "fell" dramatically from 365,000 to 25,000 was an error in the way the statistics were compiled. Stick to your diet, Ten. The only people who are buying it are red staters like Dr. Blair. Every obese person I know, esp. those over 30, suffer from some health issue. They may not die from obesity but their quality of life often sucks. ""I love it," said Dr. Steven Blair, who is president and chief executive of the Cooper Institute, a non-profit research and educational organization in Dallas that focuses on preventive medicine. "There are people who have made up their minds that obesity and overweight are the biggest public health problem that we have to face," he said. "These numbers show that maybe it's not that big." Others simply did not believe the findings. Dr. Joann Manson, the chief of preventive medicine at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital, pointed to her own study of nurses that found mortality risks in being overweight and even greater risks in being obese. Her study involved mostly white professional women and used different statistical methods. "We can't afford to be complacent about the epidemic of obesity," she said."